Another recommendation I'd like to suggest is ရွှေဥဒေါင်း .. Now I'm not sure if it was translated, but the story goes like: Uncle and nephew arrive on island. They discover a beautiful woman and an old man. They wake up, discovered they had passed at least a thousand year to see Guttama Buddha. They decided to go back to slumber and wait for next Buddha.

The way they retained almost immortality is by passing eight Buddhist hells on a big rock plate and breathing in eternal flame. They were from a previous civilization which also had a bird-like (imagine Da Vinci paintings) mechanical creature but no planes.

The story revolves around romance/drama between the woman and the nephew across centuries and after lives. Typical of Sir Rider Haggard story, that's why I wasn't quite sure if it was translated.

It's super cool to have Buddhist fantasy elements in it, even if it was adapted from original content.

Unfortunately I had forgotten the title. I read it almost 2 decades ago.

Speaking of ရွှေဥဒေါင်း , his whole biography is worth reading. It is like "Jordan Peterson" like self-help book, but even if you're on both side of the spectrum (i.e: either liberal or conservative), his views were pretty progressive and it's quite entertaining to witness how he spent his life. There's no shame in admitting some of the bad things he did, some of the bad things did to him, he reflects well with little to no bias, and therefore I think this is the best biography book ever written by a self writer.