{"product_id":"ode-to-an-onion-pablo-neruda-his-muse-9781944903343","title":"Ode to an Onion: Pablo Neruda \u0026 His Muse","description":"\u003cb\u003eAlexandria Giardino\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eand Felicita Sala's poetic, beautifully illustrated picture book is inspired by \u003ci\u003eOde to the Onion\u003c\/i\u003e by Chilean poet Pablo Neruda (1904-1973). \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Junior Library Guild Selection \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Pablo has a lunch date with his friend Matilde, who shows the moody poet her garden. Where Pablo sees conflict and sadness, Matilde sees love and hope. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The story is less a biography of Neruda and his muse, Matilde Urrutia (1912-1985), and more a simple ode to a vegetable that is humble and luminous, dark and light, gloomy and glad, full of grief and full of joy--just like life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Children who love words should warm to Alexandria Giardino's \u003ci\u003eOde to an Onion: Pablo Neruda \u0026amp; His Muse \u003c\/i\u003e. . . In Felicita Sala's vivacious and beautifully detailed drawings, done in colored pencil, Mathilde's smile and Pablo's glum expression give a tender humor to this real-life relationship.\" --\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Gloomy versus hopeful. Therein lies the timeless tension between Nobel Laureate Pablo Neruda and his wife-to-be in this lovingly envisioned and supremely handsome book.\" --\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexandria Giardino\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and translator. Her work includes translating \u003ci\u003eMy Life with Pablo Neruda \u003c\/i\u003eby Matilde Urrutia and her essays have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMarie Claire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDiscover\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and on air at KQED. Giardino lives with her family in Northern California. \u003ci\u003eOde to an Onion\u003c\/i\u003e is her first children's book. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFelicita Sala\u003c\/b\u003e is the illustrator of several picture books. Sala lives in Rome with her family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Harry N. Abrams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50725561106706,"sku":"9781944903343","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7549b819-8c7c-48e1-9587-ecc5b05494ad.jpg?v=1734834065","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/ode-to-an-onion-pablo-neruda-his-muse-9781944903343","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}