The novel concludes at the end of the Second World War , with Solange dying before Grainsalles can return to his former property and reunite with her His other , nonfictional literary works include " The Secret Life of Salvador Dalí " ( 1942 ) , " Diary of a Genius " ( 1952–63 ) , and " Oui : The Paranoid - Critical Revolution " ( 1927–33 ) .