《美国旅店》是一部成功的成长小说,作品真实地描绘出主人公宋歌在两种不同文化冲突中成长的困惑、反叛、挣扎与变异。作者以深刻的心理洞察和准确的艺术概括,刻画出主人公在中西文化与是非观碰撞中的心理特征,并通过其成长经历,给我们展示了处于“变数”中的青少年成长的心路历程。 The United States Hotel is a successful novel of growth, which realistically depicts the perplexity, rebellion, struggles and mutation of hero Song Song in two different cultural conflicts. With profound psychological insight and accurate artistic summary, the author depicts the hero’s psychological characteristics in the collision between Chinese and Western cultures and non-observance. Through his experience of growth, the author shows us the mentality of adolescent growth in “variables” .