Bvisa nzvimbo apo McEwan aigara ari mwana ndokuzvironga uchishandisa mabara.
Context:McEwan akaberekerwa muAldershot, Hampshire, musi wa 21 Chikumi 1948, mwanakomana waDavid McEwan naRose Lilian Violet (akazvarwa Moore). Baba vake vakanga vari muScotland womuboka ravashandi vakanga vashanda nzira yavo vachipfuura nomuhondo kusvikira kuchinzvimbo chaMajor.  McEwan akapedza nguva yakawanda yehuduku hwake muEast Asia (kusanganisira Singapore), Germany, uye kuchamhembe kweAfrica (kusanganisira Libya), uko baba vake vakatumirwa. Mhuri yake yakadzokera kuEngland paakanga ava nemakore 12. Akadzidza paWoolverstone Hall Chikoro muSuffolk; Yunivhesiti yeSussex, kwaakawana dhigirii muChirungu mabhuku muna 1970; uye Yunivhesiti yeEast Anglia, kwaakaita dhigirii remasters muzvinyorwa (ane sarudzo yekutumira kunyora kwekugadzira panzvimbo pekutsoropodza kutsoropodza).
- Aldershot, Hampshire -East Asia (kusanganisira Singapore) - Germany -North Africa (kusanganisira Libya)