Josep Pla\'s masterpiece, The Gray Notebook , is one of the most colorful and unusual works in modern literature.
In it he wrote about his family, local characters, visits to cafes; the quips, quarrels, ambitions, and amours of his friends; write.
Aspiring to be a writer, not a lawyer, he resolved to hone his style by keeping a journal.
In 1918, when Pla was in Barcelona studying law, the Spanish flu broke out, the university shut down, and he went home to his parents in coastal Palafrugell.
Josep Pla\'s masterpiece, The Gray Notebook , is one of the most colorful and unusual works in modern literature