A Bucket of Ice Cream and Other Stories About True Happiness

We all live by the heart, and when things get difficult, we’re in great need of a kind word, guidance, and wise advice. We call loved ones, go to our best friends, or look for answers in our favorite book. The stories Anna Kiryánova writes have already inspired thousands of people. Her small, piercing texts offer a chance to answer life’s eternal questions: what are kindness, love, justice, and beauty?

About the author

Anna Valentinovna Kiryánova is a Russian philosopher and psychologist. Since 1990 she has practiced as a philosophy practitioner and philosophical analyst; since 1993 she has worked in radio and television; she is a member of the Union of Writers and the Litfund of Russia.

Winner of the literary prize of the journal “Ural” for the novel “The Hunt for Sorny Nai”; second place in the 2000 literary contest “Téneta” for the story “Pineapples in Champagne.”

Participant in the all-Russian congress of creative intelligentsia (Moscow, 2001) and the XVI International Conference of the Nonprofit Partnership “Association of Russian Detectives.”

A documentary film about Anna Valentinovna, “A Woman with Character” (2002, author E. Rasulova).

A romance (The Black Monk) was written to the poems of Anna Valentinovna, author E.Verba.