Give It Up! (short story) explained

"Give It Up!" (German: "Gibs auf!") is a short story by Franz Kafka written between 1917 and 1923.^[1] The story was not published in Kafka's lifetime, but first appeared in Beschreibung eines Kampfes (1936, Description of a Struggle, translated 1958).

A comic-book adaptation of the story, illustrated by Peter Kuper, is included in Give It Up!.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Kafka, Franz. The Complete Stories. New York City: Schocken Books, 1995.
2. "Graphic Novels for Multiple Literacies." G.A. Schwarz. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 2002.