M. Tralbaut, founder and director of the International Van Gogh Archives at the Hague who since 1917 has been involved in the work of Van Gogh, has written a complete biographical study of the painter who ultimately found that ""To die is hard; but to live is harder."" It is based on all the available records, documents as well as the self-revealing correspondence and there are 305 gravure illustrations and 105 full color plates. A beautiful book.