Hlalosa libaka tseo McEwan a neng a lula ho tsona ha e sa le ngoana'me u li thathamise u sebelisa likulo.
Context:McEwan o hlahetse Aldershot, Hampshire, ka la 21 Phuptjane 1948, mora oa David McEwan le Rose Lilian Violet (ea tsoetsoeng ke Moore). Ntate oa hae e ne e le Moscotlania oa sehlopha sa basebetsi ea neng a se a sebelitse ka thata lebothong la sesole ho fihlela e e - ba molaoli.  McEwan o qetile boholo ba bongoaneng ba hae Asia Bochabela (ho kenyeletsoa Singapore), Jeremane le Afrika Leboea (ho kenyeletsoa Libya), moo ntate oa hae a neng a behiloe teng. Lelapa labo le ile la khutlela Engelane ha a le lilemo li 12. O ile a ruteha Woolverstone Hall School e Suffolk; Univesithi ea Sussex, moo a ileng a fumana lengolo la lingoliloeng tsa Senyesemane ka 1970; le Univesithi ea East Anglia, moo a ileng a etsa lengolo la master ka lingoliloeng (ka khetho ea ho fana ka mongolo oa boqapi ho fapana le sengoloa sa bohlokoa).
- Aldershot, Hampshire Asia Bochabela (ho akarelletsa le Singapore) - Jeremane -Afrika Leboea (ho akarelletsa le Libya)