Johan Ot, the protagonist of Janar's novel Galjot, one day appears in a small Slovene town. No one knows him, no one knows who he is, where he is from, and what the story of his life is. Thus the rumors about him start spreading. The article answers the questions what the reaction of the locals to the newcomer in the novel is, how he reacts to them, why the locals do not accept him, and what attitude the town residents have towards newcomers in general.
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