{"product_id":"ode-to-an-onion-isbn-9781944903344","title":"Ode to an Onion","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Junior Library Guild Selection \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Harry N. Abrams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44897345601765,"sku":"NP9781944903343","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/ode-to-an-onion-isbn-9781944903344","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}