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In “Death and the Compass,” Lönnrot is a detective. Lönnrot becomes obsessed with solving a series of murders, following mysterious clues that reference Judaism and Talmudic studies. However, in the end, the clues are a trap for Lönnrot. Having been drawn into his clutches, Lönnrot dies at the hands of his nemesis Red Scharlach. Before Scharlach shoots Lönnrot, Lönnrot indicates that he believes this encounter will happen over and over again as time repeats itself.
Erik Lönnrot Quotes in Ficciones
The Ficciones quotes below are all either spoken by Erik Lönnrot or refer to Erik Lönnrot. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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12. Death and the Compass Quotes
“The next time I kill you,” said Scharlach, “I promise you the labyrinth made of a single straight line which is invisible and everlasting.”
He stepped back a few paces. Then, very carefully, he fired.
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Erik Lönnrot Character Timeline in Ficciones
The timeline below shows where the character Erik Lönnrot appears in Ficciones. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
12. Death and the Compass
This story is a detective story, centered around detective Erik Lönnrot, who solves a series of crimes. The first crime happens at a hotel. Dr. Marcel...
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Lönnrot takes Yarmolinsky’s books about Judaism home to study them. He becomes fascinated with the Jewish...
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...on a wall, are the words: “The second letter of the name has been spoken.” Lönnrot and the Commissioner go investigate the death.
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...room, he finds a Latin book about Hebrew philology. The Commissioner shares this book with Lönnrot, who translates an underlined passage as “the Hebrew day begins at sundown and lasts until...
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...on a map, the three existing crime scenes make an equilateral triangle. Upon viewing this, Lönnrot believes he has solved the crime by understanding that there actually will be a fourth...
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In the observatory of the estate where Lönnrot thinks the fourth crime will take place, Lönnrot confronts Red Scharlach. Lönnrot asks Scharlach if...
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...discuss when they will meet in the next life, the next time Scharlach will kill Lönnrot. Lönnrot requests that, the next time Scharlach hunts him, Scharlach should create a labyrinth that...
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