By the Book: International Friendship Day

04-Aug-20 20:00

By the Book: International Friendship Day

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In conjunction with International Friendship Day, we dedicate this episode of By the Book to examining how literature has traditionally handled this relationship. And it turns out that outside of sidekicks, toxic friendships and loners, examples of healthy friendships are hard to come by. Nevertheless, we discuss examples including Anne Shirley and Diana Barry, Asterix and Obelix, and the Losers Club of It. Then in Footnotes, we move on to discussing literary news of the week.

Produced by: Lee Chwi Lynn and Sharmilla Ganesan

Presented by: Lee Chwi Lynn and Sharmilla Ganesan

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Categories: Film, Literature

Tags: books, literature, International Friendship Day, friendship, Anne of Green Gables, Asterix, Stephen King, Zadie Smith, NW, Roald Dahl, The BFG, Big Friendship, Aminatou Sow, Ann Friedman,

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