Disease (Neduha) — Yevhen Pluzhnyk

Disease (Neduha) by Yevhen Pluzhnyk is a vivid psychological and social novel that captures life in 1920s Kyiv among the intelligentsia and artistic circles. The protagonist, Ivan Orlovets, is a factory director whose life is rigidly ordered — work, home, family, a vision of building a better future. Yet beneath that façade lies deep emotional unease and tension between idealism and reality.

One evening, sparked by an opera outing and a chance encounter with the singer Iryna Zavadska, Orlovets begins to question the monotony of existence and the ability of his environment to fulfill emotional need. Pluzhnyk uses this crisis to explore the “disease” of his generation — the gap between external expectations and interior life.

Published in 2023 as part of the Non-canonical Canon series by Vikhola, this edition is 240 pages in softcover (130×200 mm).