The Exhausting Reality of Driving All Night Without Sleep

Weike Wang has authored a fictional piece titled The Dreamdrive, which examines a narrative centered on nocturnal travel and extreme fatigue.

The work depicts a character who experiences a recurring cycle of sleep deprivation. The narrative describes the character as being in a state of exhaustion each morning, a condition resulting from having driven throughout the night without sleep.

Each morning, he “awoke”—not the term he would have used—exhausted, having not slept and having driven all night.

The Dreamdrive, by Weike Wang

The text highlights a specific linguistic nuance regarding the character’s experience of starting his day. While the narrative utilizes the word awoke, it specifies that this is not the term he would have used to describe his transition into the morning.

The piece is categorized as fiction and is presented in a magazine format.