谢尔曼·阿莱克西(Sherman Alexie,1966—)是美国当代著名的印第安裔作家,其在26岁时便以《保留地布鲁斯》登上文坛。[1]由于他年轻而文笔大胆、幽默,不仅被视作印第安新一代作家中的领军人物,也入选了“美国四十岁以下最优秀的二十位小说家”阵容。在处女作之后,阿莱克西又陆续发表了4部长篇小说、12部诗集、2部剧本与大量的短篇小说,代表作有带有自传性质的《一个兼职印第安人绝 Sherman Alexie (1966-), a well-known writer of Indian descent in the United States, boarded the literary world as a “reserved blues” when he was 26 years old. [1] Because of his youthfulness and boldness of humor, he is not only regarded as a leading figure in a new generation of Indian writers, but also a member of the “Top 20 Novelists Under 40 in the United States.” After the debut, Alexei also successively published 4 novels, 12 poems, 2 plays and a large number of short stories. His masterpiece is autobiographical with a part-time Indian