This story was quite controversial,

这部小说很具有争议
as you might imagine, so there was a

正如你们能想到的
taste of Roth's vexed relationship

在这部小说中可以领略到
to Jewish community in that story.

罗斯对犹太人社会争论不休问题的思考
So, it was all about how a hidebound Jewish community was preventing and

全是关于一个因循守旧的犹太人社会是
circumscribing the curiosity of a young American boy,

如何阻止和限制一个美国小男孩的好奇心
and it really highlighted Ozzie's Americanness.

实际上更是体现了奥兹的美式思维方式
And Roth has always emphasized that about himself:

罗斯一再强调这就是他自己的真实写照
He's an American writer.

因为他就是位"美国"作家
Like Saul Bellow before him--

就像在他之前的索尔·贝洛
Saul Bellow had been his mentor and

在芝加哥大学有一段时间
teacher for a brief time at the University of Chicago--

索尔·贝洛曾是是他的精神导师