ABSTRACT
The Chilean narrative in exile is part of a broader body of literature aimed toward the encounter of Latin American identity with the inhabitant of the more industrialized countries, especially those of Europe and the United States. The Chilean novel, embedded in Latin American literature, presents a model to the world in an attempt to erase Eurocentrism, and thus gain access to a plural and multicultural twenty-first century, in which it would no longer be possible for a single axiological system to impose itself beyond all borders. Work after work outlines ethical and social issues that try to search for causes, but rarely do they present solutions. The different narrative cycles will be distinguished—descriptive and narrative—and the distinct periods will depend on whether they study the causes or the consequences of the coup and exile.
