Khipha imiklomelo u-Ian McEwan ayizuzile bese uyifaka ohlwini ngokulandelana kwezikhathi (kusuka kokudala kuya kokamuva) usebenzisa izinhlamvu, nezinsuku ezihambisanayo phakathi kwama-parentheses.
Context:U-Ian Russell McEwan, CBE, FRSA, FRSL (owazalwa ngo-21 Juni 1948) ungumlobi waseNgilandi futhi ungumbhali wesikrini. Ngo-2008, i-Times yamfaka ohlwini lwayo "Ababhali abangama-50 abakhulu baseBrithani kusukela ngo-1945" kanti i-Daily Telegraph yamfaka ohlwini luka-19 ohlwini lwayo "lwabantu abayi-100 abanamandla kakhulu emasikweni aseBrithani".  UMcEwan waqala umsebenzi wakhe ngokubhala izindaba ezimfushane ezivamile. Amanoveli akhe amabili okuqala, i-The Cement Garden (1978) ne-The Comfort of Strangers (1981), amenza wathola isidlaliso esithi "Ian Macabre". Lokhu kwalandelwa amanoveli amathathu aphumelelayo ngawo-1980 nasekuqaleni kwawo-1990. Inoveli yakhe ethi Enduring Love yahunyushwa yaba ifilimu enegama elifanayo. Wathola umklomelo kaBooker nge-Amsterdam (1998). Inoveli yakhe elandelayo, ethi Atonement, yamukelwa kahle futhi yahunyushwa yaba ifilimu eyawina i-Oscar edlala uKeira Knightley noJames McAvoy. Amanoveli akhe akamuva ahlanganisa i-The Children Act, i-Nutshell, ne-Machines Like Me. Wanikezwa umklomelo we-Shakespeare ngo-1999, kanye nomklomelo waseJerusalema ngo-2011.
- Umklomelo KaBooker (1998) - Umklomelo KaShakespeare (1999) - Umklomelo WaseJerusalema (2011)