What novel did Salvador Dalí write?

The novel Salvador Dalí wrote was Hidden Faces.

Dalí’s only completed novel, Hidden Faces, was published in 1944 while he and Gala were living in the United States during the Second World War. Set largely among aristocratic and artistic circles in Europe during the upheavals surrounding the Spanish Civil War and the approach of World War II, it follows intertwined relationships marked by obsession, desire, rivalry and political tension. The book reflects Dalí’s fascination with theatrical personalities and the psychological symbolism that also shaped his paintings.

Hidden Faces is easy to confuse with Dalí’s other literary works. The Secret Life of Salvador Dalí is an autobiography, while Diary of a Genius is a later mixture of memoir, reflections and artistic pronouncements. The Phenomenon of Ecstasy is associated with Dalí’s visual and theoretical work, not the title of his novel.

The English title is usually written as Hidden Faces, while editions may present the Spanish title as Rostros ocultos. Dalí’s fiction is less famous than The Persistence of Memory, but it shows that his interest in surrealism extended beyond painting into narrative, character construction and literary self-mythology.