平凡的世界 : 普及本

by Lu Yao

Ordinary World can be honored as Mao Dun's crowning jewel. A literary masterpiece which has been transformed into a popular television series of the same name. The book presents a panoramic view of modern Chinese life, in both urban and rural areas. For over a decade, the writer portrays the intricate layers of daily life through complex relationships. Work and love, setbacks and pursuits, sorrows and joys, as well as intriguing social conflicts, intertwine to present the unexpected twists and turns of ordinary people during a volatile time.

Genres: China, Fiction, Chinese Literature

452 pages, Paperback

Published September 1, 2011

About the author

Lu Yao (Chinese: 路遥), born Wang Weiguo (Chinese: 王卫国), was a Chinese writer. He was born on 3 December 1949 in Qingjian County, Shaanxi Province, and died on 17 November 1992. He had six siblings and grew up in a very poor family. He began writing novels when he was a college student, and graduated from Chinese Department of Yan'an University in 1973. After graduation, he became an editor of Yanhe magazine. In 1982, Lu Yao published his novella "Life", which was made into a film in 1984. It was at this time that he started to become well-known across China. In 1991, Lu Yao finished his most famous work, Ordinary World, which won the Mao Dun Literature Prize. His writing was closely related to his own life and experiences, and focused mostly on young people from his native Shanbei striving to change their lives.

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Reviews

[Angela · Rating 4 out of 5]

After more than 5 months, I am finally done with this book. Reading this book has been exhausting, and it's entirely unclear whether that's been because of the amount of time it's taken me to finish it, the fact that Chinese is my less comfortable native language or something else. Despite this, Lu Yao's book describes what its title proclaims - the ordinary, the day-to-day of life, and how beautiful it can all be. While the story is set in rural China of the 1970s and 80s, a context that is not super familiar or relatable to me, the connections between characters, the emotions that arise from life events, happy or sad, and the ideals and struggles and tragedies and dreams... all of that, capped with elegant writing and breathless imagery, has made me feel some type of way about myself, my life and how I fit into the world around me. The world that Lu Yao creates is ordinary but full of meaning and wonder, and by reading his words, I find that I am coming to understand the beauty in the life I'm living, however ordinary, today.

[Aaron · Rating 5 out of 5]

平凡的世界是一本令我非常感动的书。读完这本书后，我觉得书中的主人公，也就是孙家，非常伟大。这是因为他们在各个方面上都体现出了一种积极，认真，和带有很强烈的参与的态度。这是一种值得夸奖，表扬的态度！不管在做什么，孙家人都会抱着这种态度去做。打个比方，之所以孙少安的砖厂到最后办的那么好，就是因为孙少安在做砖厂时一直都抱有这种态度，每一天都认真勤快地干活，并且不怕困难。这就是孙家伟大的原因！

在平凡的世界中，少平和少安都是生在中国黄土高原出于农民家庭的人。他们在很多方面上都是一个普通的，平凡的农村人。他们和大部分农民一样穷，他们需要种地生存，并也住在窑洞里。可是他们精神上却又那么地不平凡。他们把劳动和认真做事视为一种光荣，一种快乐。他们相信，劳动肯定会有回报的。

平凡的世界让我觉得，除非自己认为天已经塌下来了，天是永远塌不下来的。不管看似多么不容易解决的问题，只要你肯相信问题是能解决的，并且用一个良好的，认真的，不放弃的态度来面对问题，问题的解决方案就会自然而然的来到你的眼前。我自己有时会抱怨事情。看完这部作品后，我觉得我曾经抱怨的事情都是不值一提的事情，这些事情和少平，少安遇到的困难，挫折比起来，太渺小了。

[Lily · Rating 4 out of 5]

1/3, 2 more to go.

[Chandler Zuo · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you ask what kind of spirit Chinese people have that makes themselves out of poverty in the 1980s and has earned them respect ever since, this book has the answer. I cried over the stories where this generation of people, no matter how much pains they suffer, never lose the hope, always stay positive, and ultimately create a better country. This is how steels are tampered. This is the wealth of China.

[Lailai · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read it long time ago when I was a teenager. Actually I don’t like the whole story about a rural family. Their fates are too legendary. The name of the novel should be changed to the dramatic world.

[Lily · Rating 4 out of 5]

can't wait to read the last one!

[何楠 · Rating 5 out of 5]

GOOD

[Sun Shan · Rating 4 out of 5]

平凡但真实的世界