Las leyes de la frontera vs Pájaros en la boca: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Spanish fiction, Interpersonal relations, Fiction
Las leyes de la frontera
Decades after sixteen-year-old Ignacio Cañas becomes the partner-in-crime of two charistmatic rebels, Ignacio, now a successful defense lawyer, encounters his former comrades and falls under their spell again.
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Pájaros en la boca
"Pájaros en la boca y otros cuentos supone la mejor vía de entrada al fascinante universo de quien, tras su nominación al Man Booker International Prize en 2017 con Distancia de rescate, es una de las voces de las…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Pájaros en la boca is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 7 for Las leyes de la frontera.
- Las leyes de la frontera has the widest readership — 2359 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Las leyes de la frontera | Pájaros en la boca | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (2359) | — |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (3) | 4.2 (6) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 5.0 (7) | — |
Reception
| Las leyes de la frontera | Pájaros en la boca | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 2359 | 6 |
| Editions | 12 | 40 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 2093 | — |
| Reading it now | 94 | — |
| Written reviews | 245 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 579 | — |
| Pages | 383 | 222 |