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Josep Pla

Born

in Palafrugell, Girona, Spain

March 08, 1897

Died

April 23, 1981

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Josep Pla i Casadevall (known as José Pla in Spanish) (March 8, 1897, Palafrugell, Girona - April 23, 1981, Llofriu, Girona) was a Catalan journalist and a popular author. As a journalist he worked in France, Italy, England, Germany and Russia, from where he wrote political and cultural chronicles in Catalan.

The most important characteristics of the “planian” style are simplicity, irony, and clarity. His works show a subjective and colloquial view, “anti-literary”, in which he stresses, nevertheless, an enormous stylistic effort by calling things by their names and “coming up with the precise adjective”, one of his most persistent literary obsessions.

Pla lived completely dedicated to writing. The extent of his Obres Completes - Complete Wor ...more

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	The Gray Notebook (New York Review Books Classics) by Josep Pla, Peter Bush (Translator), Valentí Puig (Introduction) 4.20 avg rating — 771 ratings — published 1965 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El carrer Estret 3.78 avg rating — 372 ratings — published 1951 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Viaje en autobús 3.71 avg rating — 244 ratings — published 1991 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Madrid. El advenimiento de la República 3.66 avg rating — 177 ratings — published 2003 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Contraban i altres narracions 3.37 avg rating — 166 ratings — published 1954 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Viaje a Rusia: Traducción y prólogo de Marta Rebón (Biblioteca Josep Pla) by Josep Pla, Marta Rebón (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.83 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 1990 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cartas de Italia 3.90 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 1955 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Salt Water by Josep Pla, Peter Bush (Translator) 3.98 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 1966 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lo que hemos comido really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 1972 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Life Embitters by Josep Pla, Peter Bush (Translator) 3.98 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 1967 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“En este mundo todo se suele ver a través del pie forzado de lo que a uno le falta. El que es gordo y quisiera ser flaco busca cómplices de su propia gordura. El que es flaco y quisiera estar gordo tiende a ver a sus semejantes en un proceso de acentuada delgadez. Y uno, en definitiva, no está ni flaco ni gordo, ni delgado ni repleto, sino que es simplemente un individuo que va paseando por el mundo, mejor o peor, sus prejuicios y envejeciendo en medio de pequeñas y grandes catástrofes.”
― Josep Pla, Viagem de Autocarro

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“Els esforços que fa la gent del nostre país per no entendre's són impressionants. És la tenacitat més viva del país.”
― Josep Pla

tags: catalunya, país

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“The only treasure the poor can hoard is the prospect of a miracle.”
― Josep Pla

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