Ordinary World (novel)

Ordinary World
AuthorLu Yao
Original title平凡的世界
LanguageChinese
GenreDrama
Set inChina, 1975–1985
Publication date
1986–1988
Publication placeChina
Media typePrint
AwardsMao Dun Literature Prize (1991)

Ordinary World (Chinese: 平凡的世界; pinyin: Píngfán de Shìjiè) is a novel by Chinese author Lu Yao. It consists of three volumes with a total of 1.1 million Chinese characters. In 1991, it won the Mao Dun Literature Prize.