Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me

Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me (Spanish: Mañana en la batalla piensa en mí) by Javier Marías was first published in 1994. Margaret Jull Costa’s English translation was published by The Harvill Press in 1996. The title is taken from William Shakespeare's Richard III, Act V, Scene 3.

Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me
First edition (Spanish)
AuthorJavier Marías
Original titleMañana en la batalla piensa en mí
TranslatorMargaret Jull Costa
Cover artistMatthias Grünewald, detail from Isenheim Altarpiece, c.1512-16,
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish
GenreNovel
PublisherAnagrama
Publication date
1994
Published in English
1996
ISBN0-8112-1482-6
OCLC47208599

When his would-be lover, another man's wife, dies suddenly in his arms, the narrator Victor is faced with the dilemma of whether to contact help or her family, or to quit the scene without admitting his presence, and chooses the latter option. This brings about many unforeseen consequences for the narrator and for others. The protagonist's profession is ghostwriter.[1]

Literary significance and reception

Michael Wood, writing in the London Review of Books, wrote " Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me, probably offers the deepest immersion in Marías’s haunted universe."[2] A mixed review in The New York Times described it as "a marvel to behold but a muddle to read."[3]

References
  1. JOSÉ A. PIQUERAS (1 January 2001). "El juego de la ventriloquía política" (in Spanish). El País. Archived from the original on 3 December 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2020. En la memorable novela Mañana en la batalla piensa en mí, Javier Marías crea un personaje, protagonista de la trama, que convierte en escritor y ejerce de negro literario
  2. Wood, Michael (1997-04-24). "I just worked it out from the novel". London Review of Books. pp. 13–14. ISSN 0260-9592. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
  3. "TOMORROW IN THE BATTLE". movies2.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2019-08-21.


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