Dali's only novel. In richly visual language Dali describes the lives and loves of a group of aristocratic characters who, in their beauty, luxury, and extravagance, symbolize the decadent Europe of the 1930s. The story of the tangled lives of the protagonists, from the February riots of 1934 in Paris to the closing days of the war, is a brilliant vehicle for Dali's ideas, and an evocation of pre-war Europe. Valuable not only for Dali's own specially drawn illustrations, but also because it synthesizes all of the themes in Dali's art.
- ISBN10 0720611393
- ISBN13 9780720611397
- Publish Date 10 September 2001 (first published 6 September 1973)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 28 May 2007
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Peter Owen Publishers
- Edition Revised edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 318
- Language English