 Rosidi writes that Soeman 's greatest strength in Kawan Bergeloet is in his description . He considers the writer to have avoided clichéd descriptions , instead using " new and original " descriptions , metaphors , and turns of phrase . Rosidi considers some of the stories ' comic incidents to be overly complicated , but attributes this to Soeman 's previous activity in the detective genre . The Dutch scholar of Indonesian literature A. Teeuw finds the sketches in Kawan Bergeloet to be " well @-@ observed and realistically described " and Soeman 's most interesting contribution to Indonesian literature . 
