Resumen: El presente ensayo explora el caracter ambivalente de la “crisis de fe literaria” que Hector Abad Faciolince despliega en su novela Basura. La nocion de crisis comporta en si misma un principio de negacion, de desestabilizacion de valores, que implica una resistencia (positiva) frente a la perdida. En ese juego se decide una vision de la literatura, como territorio privilegiado para la expresion de los paradigmas culturales que han marcado nuestro desarrollo historico. Resulta necesario, entonces, poner en relacion la crisis de fe de Faciolince, con las perspectivas literarias resultantes del debate entre modernidad y postmodernidad. Palabras clave: Hector Abad Faciolince, Basura, crisis, fe literaria, debate, modernismo, postmodernismo. Abstract: The current essay explores the ambiguous character of “literary faith crisis” that Hector Abad Faciolince displays in his novel Basura. The notion of crisis brings with itself a principle of denial, of value instability, which implies a (positive) resistance to loss. In that game, a view of literature as a terrain full of privilege for the expression of cultural paradigms is decided. It is necessary, thus, to establish a relationship between faith crisis and literary viewpoints resulting from the debate between modernism and postmodernism. Keywords: Hector Abad Faciolince, Basura, crisis, literary faith, debate, modernism, postmodernism