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Tiempo de ladrones. La historia de Chucho el Roto.

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124 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2021

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Emilio Carballido

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Carbadillo was a Mexican writer who earned particular renown as a playwright. He belonged to the group of writers known as the Generación de los 50, alongside such figures as Sergio Magaña, Luisa Josefina Hernández, Rosario Castellanos, Jaime Sabines, and Sergio Galindo. He studied English literature and earned a master's degree in literature from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).
As a playwright his first work was Rosalba y los Llaveros, which premiered at Palacio de Bellas Artes in 1950, directed by well-known poet and stage director Salvador Novo. This was followed by a huge number of plays, including Un pequeño día de ira (1961), which earned him the Casa de las Américas Prize.
On 16 March 2007, Carbadillo and his partner of 20 years, Héctor Herrera, were among the first couples to apply for a civil union following the enactment of the Federal District's 2006 Ley de Sociedad de Convivencia.
Carbadillo died of a heart attack on 11 February 2008 in Xalapa. Two days later, Governor of Veracruz Fidel Herrera Beltrán ordered a day of mourning in the state and announced that the Theatre of the State and one of the state literary prizes would be renamed after him.

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January 18, 2025
Entretenidos saltos temporales. Amé las dos o tres escenas en que el ritmo de lectura se hace veloz por necesidad: los eventos se aceleran y lo aceleran a uno. Ayer me decía un compañero de trabajo que vio una película a la que sólo un mexicano podría entenderle. Yo con este libro veo que el mexicano que era mi abuelo ha mutado y ahora es el mexicano que soy yo. No le entendemos igual a las cosas.
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July 15, 2023
La verdad es una historia con bastante comedia, romance y otros temas que destaca, deja una enseñanza de manera algo indiscreta, la verdad me hubiera gustado un poco más de conexión entre cada jornada y partes, eso le restó
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January 31, 2022
Diálogos divertidos y muy mexicanos, para entender cómo Querétaro y Veracruz comparten leyenda.
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February 2, 2022
Muy divertida. Que en la segunda tanda no se cuente de manera cronológica se me hizo de okis, como que no aporta mucho, pero igual muy disfrutable.
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January 4, 2022
Emilio Carballido relata a través de una obra de teatro las hazañas del popular héroe y ladrón "Chucho el roto" una leyenda en México, el relato resulta ameno, es divertido y cercano a la cultura popular de México.
Algunos episodios resultan auténticamente divertidos, la primera escena me confundió un poco, tuve que leerla dos veces para entender que es la muerte de Chucho y creo no logra imponer el dramatismo que semejante suceso exige. 
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