COLOMBIA, 1979
«Constaín is exactly that: a scholar who understands that one of the best weapons against academicism and the boredom of snobbery is humor.»
Yefferson Ospina, El País
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NOVEL, 2022.
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NON FICTION, 2019
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ESSAY, 2018
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NOVEL, 2014
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NOVEL, 2010
Arnaldo Momigliano, an Italian professor, scandalizes the academic circles of Oxford with an exhibition that places the origins of football in Italy. The eternal mystery of who invented...
NOVEL, 2007
An extraordinary true story: a man from Granada, adventurous and revolutionary as any of his compatriots, finds himself caught up in a risky expedition to rescue Napoleon from exile on Saint...
SHORT STORIES, 2004
"This is a volume of stories about writers," Constaín writes in a prologue that sets a bold, enthusiastic tone for his portraits of dozens of legendary figures including Pushkin, Conrad,...
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