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1、THETRIALANEWTRANSLATION,BASEDONTHERESTOREDTEXTFRANZKAFKATranslatedandwithaprefacebyBreonMitchellCopyright©1998bySchockenBooksInc.Prefacecopyright©1998byBreonMitchellISBN:0805241655Publisher'sNote“DearestMax,mylastrequest:EverythingIleavebehindme...inthewayofdiaries,manuscripts,letters(myownandothe
2、rs'),sketches,andsoon,[is]tobeburnedunread....Yours,FranzKafka”ThesefamouswordswrittentoKafka'sfriendMaxBrodhavepuzzledKafka'sreaderseversincetheyappearedinthepostscripttothefirsteditionofTheTrial,publishedin1925,ayearafterKafka'sdeath.WewillneverknowifKafkareallymeantforBrodtodowhatheasked;Brodbe
3、lievedthatitwasKafka'shighartisticstandardsandmercilessself-criticismthatlaybehindtherequest,buthealsobelievedthatKafkahaddeliberatelyaskedtheonepersonheknewwouldnothonorhiswishes(becauseBrodhadexplicitlytoldhimso).Wedoknow,however,thatBroddisregardedhisfriend'srequestanddevotedgreatenergytomaking
4、surethatallofKafka'sworks—histhreeunfinishednovels,hisunpublishedstories,diaries,andletters—wouldappearinprint.Brodexplainedhisreasoningthus:(IwouldliketoacknowledgethescholarlyassistancegivenbyProfessorMarkAndersonandDr.AnthonyDavidSkinnerinthepreparationofthisnote.)Mydecision[rests]simplyandsole
5、lyonthefactthatKafka'sunpublishedworkcontainsthemostwonderfultreasures,and,measuredagainsthisownwork,thebestthingshehaswritten.InallhonestyImustconfessthatthisonefactoftheliteraryandethicalvalueofwhatIampublishingwouldhavebeenenoughtomakemedecidetodoso,definitely,finally,andirresistibly,evenifIhad
6、hadnosingleobjectiontoraiseagainstthevalidityofKafka'slastwishes.(fromthePostscripttothefirsteditionofTheTrial)In1925,MaxBrodconvincedthesmallavant-gardeBerlinpublisherVerlagdieSchmiedetopublishTheTrial,whichBrodpreparedforpublicationfromKafka'sunfinishedmanuscript.NexthepersuadedtheMunichpublishe
7、rKurtWolfftopublishhiseditedmanuscriptofTheCastle,alsoleftunfinishedbyKafka,in1926,andin1927tobringoutKafka'sfirstnovel,whichKafkahadmeanttoPublisher'sNoteentitleDerVerschollene(TheManWhoDisappeared),butwhichBrod
