2000 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction Winner
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
Akhil Sharma
Sam the Cat and Other Stories
Matthew Klam
The Last Samurai: A Novel
Helen DeWitt
