Named a Most Anticipated Book of the Year by The Guardian
“Atmospheric and evocative . . . elegant and poised.”
—Alex Preston, The Observer (London)
“A subtle, sexy, exquisitely written jewel of a book.”
—Melissa Febos, author of Girlhood
“Scaffolding is ingenious and febrile, delving into the intimacy and implacability of those awakening connections that layer, echoing, throughout our lives—doing so in ways that feel all at once vital, playful, profoundly moving. It’s a beautifully fluid meditation on what is at stake, and who we become, when we desire.”
—Sophie Mackintosh, author of Cursed Bread
“Lauren Elkin’s Scaffolding is a novel that’s remarkable for its combination of intellectual toughness and sensual precision. This investigation into multiple forms of exposure—inhabited by an array of chords and repeats and hauntings—feels urgently contemporary.”
—Adam Thirlwell, author of The Future Future
“My life has been hugely improved by this compulsive, twisting story of psychoanalysis, politics, and the weirdness of inhabitation.”
—Lara Feigel, author of The Group
“I time traveled with Lauren Elkin and found myself in a Parisian apartment, soaking in human stories and palpitating with new discoveries as I turned each page. What a rich, tantalizing narrative defying conventions.”
—Xialolu Guo, author of Radical
“A powerful testament to the idea that what we want might obliterate us, and a fearless reckoning with the equally high stakes of pretending otherwise.”
—Daisy Lafarge, author of Lovebug
“Be warned: this novel will absorb you, disassemble you, and leave you strangely unwilling to put yourself back together again. Read it, reread it, then give it to your friends and teachers, your relatives, and your lovers.”
—Devorah Baum, author of On Marriage
