Why are second person narratives so uncommon?

>>10028366
Because it's very gimmicky and awkward if not done well. If on a winter's night a traveler is definitely the endgame of 2nd person.

>>10028366
How would you even write that?

their gay

>>10028366
Because it's extremely difficult to do in a way that is both convincing and engaging.

>>10028366

Georges Perec used it for Un homme qui dort (which also happens to be an arty movie that /tv/ really likes)

>>10028366
>he doesn't read choose your own adventure books

>>10028366
Because you have not read enough books

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>>10028366
You tell me

>>10028445
What am I missing out on? I haven't read one of these since Goosebumps. kek

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>>10028366
You come to 4chan.
You ask us about an impractical and weird narrative form.
You expect a straight answer.
>You cry when you don't get one.

There OP. They're a little more common now.

>>10028387
2nd person is "you"

>you sit up from your bed. sheets are strewn about, and there are visible patches of sweat. you've had another night terror.

>>10028385
book was incredibly good

Are there any good, read-worthy examples of stories written in 2nd-person?

>>10028565
http://chooseyourstory.com/story/eternal isn't bad, depending on your taste for fantasy

>>10028492
I think I have an Asterix one somewhere but it may be 3rd person.

If you genuinely like those sorts of books there are some good apps on android.

>>10028565
Julio Cortazar's Graffiti

>>10028565
How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia

was bretty good

>>10028366
He's pointing at you, OP.

>>10028435
the movie is gay as fuck desu

>>10028565
Suicide by Edouard Leve

>>10028366
Unless it's a CYOA book, the reader isn't going to see themselves as the character. It doesn't really do anything third or first can't.

>>10028366
Probably for the same reason as why they are uncommon in conversation, whereas first person and third person narratives are common in conversation.

>>10028366
Because you get sick of it fairly quickly

>>10028631
Was bretty good. One of the first books I read getting back into reading in college

>>10028485
Kek

>>10028565
Carlos Fuentes's Aura

>>10028366

I've only ever read one book written in second person. It was in middle school, and I (the protagonist?) was a teenage girl who drank spiked punch at a party and got raped or something.

>>10028908
I read that book too. We were both raped apparently.

>>10028366
I don't think it works in long works, too many details alienate the "you", unless the narrator is a character within the story. But I've seen it used wonderfully in some short stories.

>>10028908
I'm sure this is somebodies fetish.

>>10028565
see >>10028385

>first person omniscient
>third person collective

Get on my level.

Smooth criminal by Michael Jackson.

>>10028435
i want to DL that film now desu too bad there aren't any easy public links

>>10028366
do a google search for [canon character's name] X reader

>>10029954
Nevermind, good ol rutracker pulls through again.

>>10028565
See >>10028651

there's a whole medium dedicated to second person narratives; video games.

>>10028385
I fucking hate Calvino.
His hubris and prose are obnoxious.
Are his English translation so better than the original?

>>10028565
some of Sam Pink's stuff is in second person yeah? can't remember which is and isn't though, dude's prolific

>>10030650
No, he is obnoxious in English as well. I only like Invisible Cities

>>10028565
Didn't DFW win an award for an essay that he wrote in 2nd person?

>>10028366
too kino, humans are not worthy

>>10028517
Thomas Pikkon?

>>10028565
Bright Lights, Big City

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>>10028565

>>10028385
Fpbp

>>10028565
A bit of Beckett's later work.

>>10028541
Eww