Give It Up! (short story)

"Give It Up!"
Short story by Franz Kafka
Country	Germany
Language	German
Genre(s)	Fiction
Publication
Publication date	1936
Published in English	1958

"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]^[3]

References

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^ Kafka, Franz. The Complete Stories. New York City: Schocken Books, 1995.
^ "Graphic Novels for Multiple Literacies." G.A. Schwarz. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 2002.
^ Kuper, Peter (2019-03-05). "Franz Kafka, Give it Up—a suite of five prints: Image 1, Title Page". ALL: Master Collection List.

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Franz Kafka (works)

Novels

Short stories

1902–1912	"Shamefaced Lanky and Impure in Heart" "Description of a Struggle" "Wedding Preparations in the Country" "The Judgment" "The Stoker" The Metamorphosis "The Aeroplanes at Brescia"
1914–1917	"In the Penal Colony" "The Village Schoolmaster" "Before the Law" "Blumfeld, an Elderly Bachelor" "A Country Doctor" "The Hunter Gracchus" "The Great Wall of China" "A Message from the Emperor" "A Report to an Academy" "A Dream" "Up in the Gallery" "A Fratricide" "The Next Village" "A Visit to a Mine" "Jackals and Arabs" "The Bridge" "The Bucket Rider" "The New Advocate" "An Old Manuscript" "The Knock at the Manor Gate" "Eleven Sons" "My Neighbor" "A Crossbreed" "The Cares of a Family Man"
1917–1923	"The Refusal" "A Hunger Artist" "Investigations of a Dog" "A Little Woman" "The Burrow" "Josephine the Singer, or the Mouse Folk" "A Common Confusion" "The Truth about Sancho Panza" "The Silence of the Sirens" "Prometheus" "The City Coat of Arms" "Poseidon" "Fellowship" "At Night" "The Problem of Our Laws" "The Conscription of Troops" "The Test" "The Vulture" "The Helmsman" "The Top" "A Little Fable" "Homecoming" "First Sorrow" "The Departure" "Advocates" "The Married Couple" "Give It Up!" "On Parables"