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1、THECEMENTGARDENIanMcEwanIanMcEwanhaswrittentwocollectionsofstories,FirstLove,LastRitesandInBetweentheSheets,andninenovels,TheCementGarden,TheComfortofStrangers,TheChildinTime,TheInnocent,BlackDogs,TheDaydreamer,EnduringLove,Amsterdam,winnerofthe1998BookerPrize,and,mostrecently,Atone
2、ment.Hehasalsowrittenseveralfilmscripts,includingTheImitationGame,ThePloughman'sLunch,SourSweet,TheGoodSonandTheInnocent.ALSOBYIANMcEWANFirstLove,LastRitesInBetweentheSheetsTheComfortofStrangersTheChildinTimeTheInnocentBlackDogsTheDaydreamerEnduringLoveAmsterdamAtonementTheImitation
3、Game(playsfortelevision)OrShallWeDie?(librettofororatoriobyMichaelBerkeley)ThePloughman'sLunch(filmscript)SourSweet(filmscript)IanMcEwanTheCementGardenPARTONE1Ididnotkillmyfather,butIsometimesfeltIhadhelpedhimonhisway.Andbutforthefactthatitcoincidedwithalandmarkinmyownphysicalgrowth
4、,hisdeathseemedinsignificantcomparedwithwhatfollowed.MysistersandItalkedabouthimtheweekafterhedied,andSuecertainlycriedwhentheambulancementuckedhimupinabright-redblanketandcarriedhimaway.Hewasafrail,irascible,obsessivemanwithyellowishhandsandface.Iamonlyincludingthelittlestoryofhisd
5、eathtoexplainhowmysistersandIcametohavesuchalargequantityofcementatourdisposal.Intheearlysummerofmyfourteenthyearalorrypulledupoutsideourhouse.Iwassittingonthefrontsteprereadingacomic.Thedriverandanothermancameto-wardsme.Theywerecoveredinafine,paledustwhichgavetheirfacesaghostlylook
6、.Theywerebothwhistlingshrillycompletelydifferenttunes.Istoodupandheldthecomicoutofsight.IwishedIhadbeenreadingtheracingpageofmyfather'spaper,orthefootballresults.'Cement?'oneofthemsaid.Ihookedmythumbsintomypockets,movedmyweightontoonefootandnarrowedmyeyesalittle.Iwantedtosaysomethin
7、gterseandap-propriate,butIwasnotsureIhadheardthemright.Ileftittoolong,fortheonewhohadspokenrolledhiseyestowardstheskyandwithhishandsonhishipsstaredpastmeatthefrontdoor.Itopenedandmyfathersteppedoutbitinghispipeandholdingaclipboardagainsthiship.'Cement,'themansaidagain,thistimewithad
8、own-wardinflection.
