The familiar concept of fatigue, which in the 20th and 21st centuries came into the zone of public attention and became a more noticeable part of our everyday life, has undergone significant transformations over the course of different eras. Georges Vigarello's book tells how Western civilization has learned to recognize fatigue, combat it, and distinguish its spiritual from physical aspects. The author turns to the history of the body and medical practices, to the history of labor, war, sports and intimacy. The pious exhaustion of medieval pilgrims, the fatigue of knights after tournaments, the burnout of modern office workers, the exhaustion of doctors in Covid hospitals... This book is a tour of all types and historical stages of fatigue. Georges Vigarello is a French historian and sociologist, employee of the Higher School of Social Sciences, author of the book “The Art of Attraction”, published in UFO.