{"id":45031,"date":"2019-01-31T11:12:20","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T16:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=45031"},"modified":"2019-01-27T17:19:08","modified_gmt":"2019-01-27T22:19:08","slug":"now-hear-this-soneela-nankani-in-booklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/now-hear-this-soneela-nankani-in-booklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Now Hear This: Soneela Nankani [in Booklist]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"She can sound like a frightened little girl on the run or a gruff old man who\u2019s seen it all. She can talk financial crises, offer self-help guidance, embody fantasy worlds, and channel her inner Gisele B\u00fcndchen. She narrates in multiple tongues, donning accents and languages with ease as she guides headphoned\u00a0listeners\u00a0across borders and cultures. Bolstered by classical training (she\u2019s Columbia MFA-ed\u00a0and works in film, TV, and theater), Soneela Nankani<\/a>\u2019s audio credits have topped 100 performances \u2013 with more forthcoming.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Girls Burn Brighter<\/a>\u200b<\/strong> by Shobha Rao. 2018. 11.5hr. Macmillan, DD, $26.99 (9781427295705).<\/p>\n

Rao\u2019s debut novel, about the disparate lives of two Indian girls, finds the ideal narrator in Nankani. She\u2019s consistently effective in individuating her dual protagonists while displaying impressively subtle adaptations for the diverse cast, from a powerless father to an angry mother-in-law, from a helpful airport stranger to a brutally abusive pimp.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Lucky Boy<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0by Shanti Sekaran. 2017. 16.5hr. Books on Tape, CD, $50 (9781524703028).<\/p>\n

Roxana Ortega and Nankani volley narration as two mothers of the same\u00a0Lucky Boy<\/em>, desperate to mother well, mother consistently, or mother at all. Ortega and Nankani perform with careful sensitivity, presenting appropriate multilingual accents that aurally confront the shifting definitions of what it means to be American today.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Sonora<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0by Hannah Lillith Assadi. 2017. 6hr. Recorded Books, CD, $123.75 (9781501942389).<\/p>\n

Assadi\u2019s atmospheric debut is further enhanced by Nankani\u2019s skillful narration. She subtly distinguishes between the present \u2013 as the adult Ahlam, who returns home to care for her hospitalized father \u2013 and the past \u2013 as younger Ahlam reveals her fraught relationship with the enigmatic Laura \u2013 by adroitly moderating her voice from eerie calm to frenetic desperation.<\/p>\n

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\"\"The Widows of Malabar Hill<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0by Sujata Massey. 2018. 14.5hr. Recorded Books,\u00a0CD, $123.75 (9781501980152).<\/p>\n

Nankani\u00a0turns in an auspicious\u00a0narration of Massey\u2019s promising new series set in early 20th-century colonial India and starring feisty Perveen Mistry, India\u2019s first female solicitor.\u00a0She seamlessly adjusts tone and tenor to voice the vast cast, across age, gender, social station, international backgrounds, and more.<\/p>\n

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\"\"The Windfall<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0by Diksha Basu. 2017. 10hr. Books on Tape, CD, $40 (9781524774097).<\/p>\n

Money \u2013 who has it, how it\u2019s spent, what it buys, what it can\u2019t, what its true\u00a0value is \u2013 drives Basu\u2019s endearing and astute debut. Welcome to Delhi, where the have-enoughs and the have-too-muches live separate lives. Ever-versatile Nankani enhances the global experience by narrating seamlessly in both American English and the more lyrical Indian English for authentic conversations.<\/p>\n

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Published<\/strong>: “Now Hear This: Soneela Nankani,” Booklist<\/em>, February 1, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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