The closest thing I’ve come to this is Nan Shepherd, who pioneered travel fiction/ mountain fiction. Both have autofiction qualities and are non fiction. But they also describe the world in ways that, while not necessarily fictional, also feel apart from what I’d normally summon in my head if someone said it was nonfiction or autofiction or travel(ogue).

More than just being a really engaging writer, the author here also has an uncanny knack when choosing what to talk about. It’s rare that absolutely everything on the page is interesting. Especially when it’s the fictional equivalent of, say, watching Planet Earth, or something.

Perhaps if I had read more travel and it’s peripheral lit components I’d be able to talk about this much better. All I can say is that it is by far the most gripping movement of a character has been. It’s educational on specific subjects, including climate change and waste and geological areas. There’s the odd picture in the book that helps with visualization.

It’s just riveting how every facet of the world, and how movement especially through the space is captured. I’ll certainly read more from this author. I alternated between book and audio and both were great. No pictures, of course, but the narration was just as good. Highly recommend. Wish I had more experience with this kind of stuff to describe it better.