《小河男孩》是英国小说家蒂姆·鲍勒1997年获得卡内基文学奖的一部作品。小说描述的是15岁的小女孩杰西面对重病的爷爷是如何一步步说服自己接受爷爷的死亡,从而实现了自身的成长,是一部不折不扣的青少年成长小说。作者运用意识流写法和象征手法,用如幻如梦般的笔触,教会了青少年生命的真谛,体味了不同的人生。 “Little Boy” is a work by British novelist Tim Bowler who won the Carnegie Prize for Literature in 1997. The novel describes the 15-year-old girl Jessie face of serious grandfather step by step to persuade her to accept grandpa’s death, so as to achieve its own growth, is an out-and-out young growing novel. Using stream of consciousness and symbolism, the author teaches the true essence of adolescent life with a dreamlike brushwork and embodies different life experiences.