2000 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction Winner
![The Romantics: A Novel](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580964663-2385-image-3.jpg)
The Romantics: A Novel
Pankaj Mishra
Samar, a young man of limited means, moves to Benares, the ancient city of learning, to lose himself in the world of books. There he meets Rajesh, a poor student, and Catherine, a young French woman, who shows him a very different side of his own country—a…
2000 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction Shortlist
![An Obedient Father](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580852029-59329-image-3.jpg)
An Obedient Father
Akhil Sharma
![Sam the Cat and Other Stories](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580963628-2300-image-3.jpg)
Sam the Cat and Other Stories
Matthew Klam
![The Last Samurai: A Novel](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1581046315-7392-image-3.jpg)
The Last Samurai: A Novel
Helen DeWitt
![White Teeth: A Novel](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580844857-58735-image-3.jpg)