English literature in Reclams red series: this is the English original text – with word explanations at the bottom of each page, an afterword, and literary references.

Ian McEwan's debut novel "The Cement Garden" (1978) is a breathtaking family story in which the four children take center stage after their parents have died one after the other. Fearing that they will have to leave their home and live separately in orphanages, the siblings decide to hide their mother's corpse. Can her death be kept a secret? The film of the same name won the Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1993.

English reading: Level B1–B2 (GER).