Scaffolding

A Most-Anticipated Book: The New York Times Book Review, The Guardian, BBC, Marie Claire, Frieze, Literary Hub, The Millions, Our Culture, i news "A subtle, sexy, exquisitely written jewel of a book." —Melissa Febos, author of Girlhood The debut novel by the acclaimed author of Flâneuse and Art Monsters, Lauren Elkin's Scaffolding is a story of Paris, desire, love, psychoanalysis, and the turbulent affairs of two couples across time. Paris, 2019. An apartment in Belleville. Following a miscarriage and a breakdown, Anna, a psychoanalyst, finds herself unable to return to work. Instead, she obsesses over a kitchen renovation and befriends a new neighbor—a younger woman called Clémentine who has just moved into the building and is part of a radical feminist collective. Paris, 1972. The same apartment...