Extracted from wikipedia regarding Dream of the Red Chamber:
Dream of the Red Chamber
....In a 1980 review of the Hawkes and Minford translation in The New York Review of Books, Frederic Wakeman, Jr. described the novel as a "masterpiece" and the work of a "literary genius."[1] Michael Orthofer of the online literary site Complete Review proclaims it as one of the few works that can be considered for the title "Book of the Millennium," and a rare piece of literature "in which one can lose oneself completely."[2]
[1] Wakeman Jr., Frederic (1980-06-12). "Review (Book review): The Genius of the Red Chamber". The New York Review of Books.