{"product_id":"scaffolding-hardcover","title":"Scaffolding - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLauren Elkin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Most-Anticipated Book: \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, BBC, \u003ci\u003eMarie Claire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFrieze\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOur Culture\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e i news\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A subtle, sexy, exquisitely written jewel of a book.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Melissa Febos, author of \u003ci\u003eGirlhood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe debut novel by the acclaimed author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFl?neuse \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eand \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eArt Monsters\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Lauren Elkin's \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eScaffolding \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eis a story of Paris, desire, love, psychoanalysis, and the turbulent affairs of two couples across time.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eParis, 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 Cl?mentine who has just moved into the building and is part of a radical feminist collective. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eParis, 1972. The same apartment in Belleville. Florence and Henry are renovating their kitchen. She is finishing her degree in psychology, dropping into feminist activities, and devotedly attending the groundbreaking, infamous seminars held by the renowned analyst Jacques Lacan. She is hoping to conceive their first child, though Henry isn't sure he's ready for fatherhood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwo couples, fifty years apart, face the challenges of marriage, fidelity, and pregnancy. They inhabit this same small space in separate but similar times--times charged with political upheaval and intellectual controversy. A novel in the key of ?ric Rohmer, Lauren Elkin's \u003ci\u003eScaffolding \u003c\/i\u003eis about the way our homes collect and hold our memories and our stories, about the bonds we create and the difficulty of ever fully severing them, about the ways all the people we've loved live on in us.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLauren Elkin\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eArt Monsters\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFlâneuse\u003c\/i\u003e, which was named a notable book of the year by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e and was a finalist for the PEN\/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay. Her work has appeared in many publications, including \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLe Monde\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFrieze\u003c\/i\u003e. A native New Yorker, Elkin lived in Paris for twenty years and is now based in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 8.6 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 17, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41958497845383,"sku":"9780374615291","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/f5fd94e534bf4ad2c28b0ab5e0a14b75.webp?v=1734074031","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/scaffolding-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}