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Your Duck Is My Duck is Deborah Eisenberg’s collection of six short fiction pieces that each carry a novel‑sized depth. The stories tackle complex characters: a tormented woman whose face determines her destiny, a group of film actors shocked by a book about their past, and a privileged young man who unexpectedly falls into a love affair with a human‑rights worker pursuing an all‑consuming quest he cannot fully grasp.
First publish date: 2018
Genre: General Fiction/Short Stories
Authors: Deborah Eisenberg
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