{"product_id":"ode-to-an-onion-pablo-neruda-his-muse","title":"Ode to an Onion: Pablo Neruda \u0026 His Muse","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1944903348\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Giardino, Alexandria\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlexandria Giardinoand Felicita Salas poetic, beautifully illustrated picture book is inspired by Ode to the Onion by Chilean poet Pablo Neruda (1904-1973).A Junior Library Guild SelectionPablo 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.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.Children who love words should warm to Alexandria Giardinos Ode to an Onion: Pablo Neruda \u0026amp; His Muse . . . In Felicita Salas vivacious and beautifully detailed drawings, done in colored pencil, Mathildes smile and Pablos glum expression give a tender humor to this real-life relationship. -New York TimesGloomy 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":"Miakarts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49683227017456,"sku":"NEW1944903348","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/ethereallybeautiful.com\/products\/ode-to-an-onion-pablo-neruda-his-muse","provider":"Ethereally Beautiful","version":"1.0","type":"link"}