One hundred years ago, Josep Pla i Casadevall (Palafrugell, 1897 - Llofriu, 1981) decided to publish his first book, Things seen, which inaugurated the Diana publishing house. "There's no choice but to do a second printing," wrote editor Ignasi Armengou in Pla a few weeks after the volume arrived in bookstores. "We'll call it a second edition. This will have a certain effect on the public. At the rate we're going, it had sold out. arrived."