Last year, Oxford’s Bodleian Library hosted a public debate. On one side of a board, “BURN” was printed in red. On the other, “PUBLISH”. Visitors placed stickers to cast their votes. The final display in an exhibition marking the centenary of Franz Kafka’s death, it answered his final wish to Max Brod, his friend and later editor: “Dearest Max . . . burn all my diaries, manuscripts, letters . . . completely and unread”. Many voters chose — unlike Brod — to obey Kafka’s will.
去年，牛津大学的博德利图书馆(Oxford’s Bodleian Library)举办了一场公开辩论。在一个板子的一侧，用红色印着“烧毁”；在另一侧则是“出版”。参观者通过贴纸投票。这是纪念弗朗茨•卡夫卡逝世百年展览的最后一个展示，回应了他对朋友兼后来的编辑马克斯•布罗德(Max Brod)的最后愿望：“亲爱的马克斯……把我所有的日记、手稿、信件……全部烧掉，且不阅读。”与布罗德不同，许多投票者选择遵从卡夫卡的遗愿。
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