{"product_id":"ode-to-an-onion-pablo-neruda-his-muse","title":"Ode to an Onion: Pablo Neruda \u0026 His Muse","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlexandria Giardinoand Felicita Sala’s poetic, beautifully illustrated picture book is inspired by Ode to the Onion by Chilean poet Pablo Neruda (1904–1973).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Junior Library Guild Selection\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePablo 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Children who love words should warm to Alexandria Giardino’s Ode to an Onion: Pablo Neruda \u0026amp; His Muse . . . 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.” —New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.” —San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alexandria Giardino, Felicita Sala","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47890141610216,"sku":"9781944903343","price":1.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0712\/8160\/6888\/files\/9781944903343.jpg?v=1765829941","url":"https:\/\/book-wyrm.net\/products\/ode-to-an-onion-pablo-neruda-his-muse","provider":"The Book Wyrm","version":"1.0","type":"link"}