Book · recommended on 1 episode
Pnin
Vladimir Nabokov ISBN 9788328700192
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Vladimir Nabokov ISBN 9788328700192
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This book by Vladimir Nabokov came up once on Tim Ferriss in the episodes we index. That mention was a genuine on-air recommendation, not just a passing reference. The people who brought it up: Michael Schur. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
Life and character of a middle-aged emigre Russian professor in a small American college.
“i have a first edition copy of penin by vladimir nabakov because i really love that book but now i have to get all of his books”— Michael Schur
The guest here is Michael Schur: TV writer and showrunner who created The Good Place and co-created Parks and Recreation and Brooklyn Nine-Nine, after writing on SNL and The Office. He is also the author of the moral-philosophy book How to Be Perfect. Michael Schur on the Harvard Lampoon, SNL's brutal lessons, learning to write from Greg Daniels, and turning moral philosophy into comedy.
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