Pieter-Dirk Uys: The Echo of a Noise: A Memoir of Then and Now - Paperback

by Pieter-Dirk Uys (Author)

South African icon Pieter-Dirk Uys has been on stage over 7000 times. In this funny and tender memoir, Uys reveals the person behind the persona. Filled with stories and photographs of his family, this book also features Pieter's Paarlse ouma, his strudel-baking German Oma, his devotion to Sophia Loren, the invention of Evita Bezuidenhout, 40 years of satire, and the joys and sorrows of a remarkable life.

Author Biography

Pieter-Dirk Uys se skreeusnaakse, roerende memoires. Ons leer ken die mens agter die ikoon deur sy stories oor sy gesin, sy vriendskap met Sophia Loren, die geboorte van Evita Bezuidenhout, en die vreugdes en hartseer van 'n merkwaardige lewe.