Description
A Junior Library Guild Selection
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.
"Children who love words should warm to Alexandria Giardino's Ode to an Onion: Pablo Neruda & 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
"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
Product Details
| Publisher | Harry N. Abrams |
| Publish Date | October 09, 2018 |
| Pages | 40 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  Hardback |
| EAN/UPC | 9781944903343 |
| Dimensions | 11.6 X 10.2 X 0.5 inches | 1.3 pounds |
About the Author
Felicita Sala is the illustrator of several picture books. Sala lives in Rome with her family.
Reviews
"A handsome book about appreciation."--San Francisco Chronicle
"Children who love words should warm to Alexandria Giardino's ODE TO AN ONION: Pablo Neruda 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
"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
"Onionskin endpapers are a nice touch to an introduction to the Chilean poet who paid tribute to familiar objects."
--Booklist
"Sala's exuberant illustrations are playful and colorful . . . a sweet story about the creative process."--Kirkus Reviews
"This one is a treat for the eyes and ears."--Maria Russo, New York Times Children's Book Editor
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