If the text is alive, it affects you, it captivates you. If it creates a world, like Árpád Göncz did in The Lord of the Rings. If you want to read it again, underline it, note down one of its masterfully striking sentences, like in Zoltán Pék's translation of Moon Palace (Paul Auster), for example. Or if it is so brilliant that it surpasses even the original, like Mici Mackó by Karinthy.
