River flowing back

The philosophical fairy tale of the French writer Jean -Claude Murlev is a puzzle -overput, two sides of the same story - Yin and Yan. The little shopkeeper Tomek, following the girl, goes on a distant and dangerous journey in search of a magic river, the water in which gives immortality.
Each of the heroes has their own path and their trials, and they will have to make many decisions and refuse a lot before they acquire real friends, find their love and understand that death is no more and no less than part of life .
In France, the book is included in the literature program of high school.
In Russian, the book "River, flowing backs" in 2005, has already been published. The new edition included the previously not published second part - "Hannah".
On the history of the book:
The first book of the dilogy "River, flowing backs" published in Russia in France in 2001, and in Russia - in 2006. In 2002, Jean -Claude Murlev wrote the second part of the story - about the very girl who went into Tomek’s shop for water, giving immortality. For the first time, both stories were published in the same book in 2016 in France, and now, in 2020 - in Russia.
About the new edition:
This is a bilateral edition book. On the one hand - the story of Tomek, on the other - Hannah. We recommend starting with the history of Tomek.
For primary and secondary school age