美国犹太作家辛格是地道的犹太人,他的祖父和父亲都是犹太教的法师。自幼年起,聪明的辛格就看着父亲在一所犹太教的教堂里主持圣坛,使辛格自小就浸润于犹太的宗教仪式、经典文化和犹太民族的传说之中,不知不觉中接受着最地道、最完备的犹太民间文化的熏陶。犹太民族风趣诙谐的语言风格、智慧练达的处世哲理,作为深厚的文化底蕴汇集于辛格的心底,最终以一种优美的文学样式在其小说中呈现出来。同时,辛格又是一位坚持使用古老的意第绪语 American Jewish writer Singh is an authentic Jew, his grandfather and father are Judaist mages. From his childhood, clever Singh watched as his father chaired a altar in a Jewish church, so Singh infiltrated Jewish religious rituals, classical culture and the Jewish nation’s legend, unknowingly In the most authentic, the most complete Jewish folk culture. The witty language style of the Jewish nation and the philosophy of wisdom practiced by the Jewish nation converge in Singer’s heart as a profound cultural foundation and are eventually presented in a novel style with a beautiful literary style. At the same time, Singh is another insisted on using the ancient Yiddish