Cities, just as living organisms, are entities of change and evolution. They change according to time, context and its inhabitants (Jacobs, 1961). This way, it can be stated that Lima city has undergone several transformation processes throughout its history. All of them started with different society-changing factors: population growth, migrations, economic crisis, social movements, labor supply and demand, and others. Particularly, the 20th century was determined by the large number of migration processes and its consequences in urban development. Therefore, it was the time period where most changes occurred in Lima city (Calderón, 2003; Matos, 1984). In this precise context, the 50’s generation, a literary movement characterized by the use of urban neorealism, establishes and develops its literary criticism of Lima city: a hostile and chaotic town that has its foundation in a socia...