{"product_id":"9780008295479","title":"Hazards of Time Travel","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn ingenious dystopian novel of one young woman’s resistance against the constraints of an oppressive society\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Unrelentingly disturbing’\u003c\/strong\u003e Observer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Taps deep into contemporary anxieties \u003c\/strong\u003eover the rise of surveillance, totalitarian governments and invasive technology’ Daily Mail\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Oates is still casting some awfully dark magic’\u003c\/strong\u003e Washington Post\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a recklessly idealistic girl in a dystopian future society dares to test the perimeters of her tightly controlled world, she is punished by being sent back in time to a region of North America – ‘Wainscotia, Wisconsin’ – that existed eighty years before. Cast adrift in time in this idyllic Midwestern town, she is set upon a course of ‘rehabilitation’ – but she falls in love with a fellow exile and starts to question the constraints of her new existence, with results that are both devastating and liberating.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArresting and visionary, Hazards of Time Travel is an exquisitely wrought love story, a novel of harrowing discovery – and an oblique but powerful response to our current political climate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Hazards of Time Travel, Joyce Carol Oates presents a post-apocalyptic world filled with suspense and thrillers. This sci-fi novel is a masterclass in alternative history, showcasing the best of fiction's ability to reflect and critique society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of Bruce Mcallister (The Year's Best Science Fiction), Amor Towles (Table For Two), Stephen King (The Life of Chuck), Percival L. Everett (James), and Heidi Pitlor (The Best American Short Stories 2024).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Joyce Carol Oates, Read by Andi Arndt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46889462104213,"sku":"9780008295479","price":35.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008295479_1ee54679-777d-41e3-9d0b-835e9cc04be2.jpg?v=1776888558","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008295479","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}