Kafka asked his friend Max Brod to burn all his papers, which included the novels we know as the Trial and the Castle.

卡夫卡要他的朋友Max Brod烧掉他所有的文件，其中包括我们都知道的小说《审判》和《城堡》。

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Though Franz Kafka's dying wish was that all of his works-written in, often late at night, and mostly unpublished-be burned, aren't we glad his friend, Max Brod, didn't listen?

卡夫卡的遗愿就是将他所有晦涩的，大部分在深夜完成的，大多没有出版的作品，全都烧毁。我们是不是很庆幸，他的朋友马克斯没有听他的？

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The author Franz Kafka famously demanded that his papers be burned after his death, but his friend and literary executor Max Brod refuse to do it.

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