Bear

Bear Staffan GnosspeliusSeven Stories Press, 2023ISBN 9781644212318 Hardcover, 80 pp. FEATURED IN THE MARGINALIAN BY MARIA POPOVA (FORMERLY BRAIN PICKINGS) - A GRAPHICS BEAT MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK  A debut picture book for adults about a bear that elicits immediate, deep emotional recognition. "A tender reminder that no one can save anyone, not even with love; that we only ever save ourselves when we are ready: but love is what readies us to be our own savior."--Maria Popova, The Marginalian  Bear, Staffan Gnosspelius's debut book, is a gorgeous visual meditation on depression. In this deeply affecting, wordless picture book for adults, a bear is maddeningly afflicted with a cone that covers his head and that he is unable to take off. He furiously stomps and yells and tears at the cone, he implores the skies and fate for relief, he is drawn to dark and wild and scary places. The depths of his sadness feel like a defeat. It's a battle he wages until he's mentally and physically exhauste