The basis of article is to look at public space as domain for communication and for satisfying the longing for city, an outlook by far identifiable within best narrators: from Pamuk to Borges, from Calvino to Auster, all storylines recognize city as space for existence, a space made out of places, passages and paths, persons and events. Urban life exemplify simultaneous, multiple and fragmented, and literature, with its capacity to suggest images and convey emotions, depicts life's sense through small events that become a milestone for individual memories that narrative converts into moments and places for encounters. Literary images transform memory into words and these allow sharing of reminiscences.