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Ode to an Onion: Pablo Neruda & His Muse

Ode to an Onion: Pablo Neruda & His Muse

by Alexandria Giardino (Author), Felicita Sala (Illustrator), Alexandria Giardino (Author), Felicita Sala (Illustrator)

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    Picture Book 2018

    $21.55
Synopsis

A poetic, beautifully illustrated picture book inspired by Ode to the Onion by Chilean poet Pablo Neruda (1904-1973). 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. 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.
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More Information

Format: Picture Book
 Pages: 40
 Edition: Illustrated
 Publisher: Cameron Kids
Published: 09 Oct 2018
ISBN 10: 1944903348
ISBN 13: 9781944903343

Media Reviews
Onionskin endpapers are a nice touch to an introduction to the Chilean poet who paid tribute to familiar objects.
--Booklist
Author Bio
Alexandria Giardino is a writer and translator. Her work includes translating My Life with Pablo Neruda by Matilde Urrutia and her essays have appeared in the Village Voice Literary Supplement, Marie Claire, Discover, American Poetry Review, and on air at KQED. Giardino lives with her family in Northern California. Ode to an Onion is her first children's book. Felicita Sala is the illustrator of several picture books. Sala lives in Rome with her family.