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Irene Nemirovsky's novel The Wine of Loneliness, largely autobiographical, depicts the fate of a family that fled the maelstrom of the Russian revolution to Paris. The loss of roots, independence, and an irrepressible desire to throw off the shackles - this is what is raging in the closed oppressive family circle. By telling the story of painful liberation, this touching novel reveals the extraordinary talent of one of the most famous writers of the last century.

The plot of the autobiographical novel The Wine of Loneliness revolves around the life of the Karol family in a provincial town in Russia, which flees to France from the maelstrom of the revolution. The author brilliantly reveals the inner world of the novel's protagonist, a girl named Ellen, who was hardly noticed by her parents, her loneliness in the family circle, her feelings, her search for the meaning of life, and the path of early adulthood. The writer's psychological brush depicts the subtlest movements of the soul, whose only salvation was a rich inner world, fantasy and books (although excessive reading sometimes acted as intoxication). All of this, as well as occasional trips to Paris, were Hélène's safe haven. But despite everything, she was able to throw off the oppressive shackles of her family circle, preserving her human dignity and learning to be courageous.