text: Safran Foer 's story describes fictional events in the village between 1791 , the year in which the shtetl was first named , and 1942 , when it was destroyed in the war .
simplified: Safran Foer 's story describes fictional events in the village between 1791 , the year in which the shtetl was first named , and 1941 , when it was destroyed in the war .