Obsesionado por lo castellano, Gomez de la Serna busca en Segovia la esencia de Castilla. Tras la anecdota erotico-sexual de El secreto del acueducto se descubre la verdadera culminacion de su relacion con Segovia, "la sombra y la luz de la realidad castellana."
Ramón Gómez de la Serna y Puig (July 3, 1888, Madrid - January 13, 1963, Buenos Aires) was a Spanish writer, dramatist and avant-garde agitator. He was especially known for "Greguerías" - a short form of poetry that roughly corresponds to the one-liner in comedy. The Gregueria is especially able to grant a new and often humorous perspective.He strongly influenced surrealist film maker Luis Buñuel.
Gómez de la Serna published over 90 works in all literary genres. In 1933, he was invited to Buenos Aires. He stayed there during the Spanish Civil War and the following Franco regime and died there.