"Give It Up!" (German: "Gibs auf!") is a short story by

Franz Kafka Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a German-speaking Bohemian novelist and short-story writer, widely regarded as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature. His work fuses elements of realism and the fantastic. It ty ...

written between 1917 and 1923. 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 Peter Kuper (; born September 22, 1958) is an American alternative comics artist and illustrator, best known for his autobiographical, political, and social observations. Besides his contributions to the political anthology '' World War 3 Illu ...

, is included in '' Give It Up!''."Graphic Novels for Multiple Literacies." G.A. Schwarz. ''Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy'', 2002.

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