# Ode to an Onion: Pablo Neruda & His Muse - Hardcover

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

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.  
A Junior Library Guild Selection

### Author Biography

**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.  

**Number of Pages:** 40

**Dimensions:** 0.5 x 11.6 x 10.2 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** October 09, 2018

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** Ode to an Onion: Pablo Neruda & His Muse

**Interest Level:** Lower Grades, K-3

**Reading Level:** 3.2

**Point Value:** 0.5

## Details

- **Price:** 19.99 USD
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- **Type:** Books
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