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Eugene Pavlovich Pluzhnyk (1898-1936) was a Ukrainian poet, playwright, and translator from the eastern Slobozhanshchyna.

From the pages of the novel «Ailment» a vivid picture of the life of the Kyiv intelligentsia of the 20s of the last century emerges. The main theme of the work is man and love. Love that unites hearts for life, courtship, falling in love, passion and love as an uninvited guest in the lives of long-married people. This is the kind of dramatic love that befalls the protagonist of the novel, Ivan Orlovets, a factory director who falls in love with the famous singer Irina Zavadskaya. The novel captivates with its deep psychological content, heated discussions, conveys the spirit of the time and will be interesting to modern readers.