The author of the book, having training in literature, history, anthropology and clinical psychoanalysis, examines the question of how a person, while controlling his appearance, tries to cope with his feelings. Believing that the psychology of appearance has not yet been sufficiently studied, Kilborn combines examples from literature and his clinical practice in his book to make the following statement: shame and appearance are the main cause of fear that arises in both literary characters and real people. The author describes how shame about one's appearance gives rise not only to the desire to disappear, but also the fear of disappearing. “Vanishing People” is a kind of hybrid of applied literature and applied psychoanalysis, they help us understand the origins of the psychocultural crisis that is shaking our appearance-oriented, prompting shame society. The book will be of interest not only to psychoanalysts and students studying psychoanalysis, but also to a wide range of readers.