'Ancient Light' is the story of a life rendered brilliantly vivid - the obsession and selfishness of young love and the terrifying shock of grief.

Adultery is always put in terms of thieving. Oliver Orme is a painter who has abandoned his art. His days are now haunted by loss: loss of desire; of artistic vision; of the people he has loved. And only now does he realize that those around him understand him more than he does himself.