Status Updates From La scopa del sistema

I rewatched The Royal Tenenbaums over the weekend, so now I'm stuck reading Wang-Dang Lang in the voice of Owen Wilson as Eli Cash.

Apparently this book is based on Wittgenstein’s theories? The idea is that Wittgenstein says that language and self-awareness defines you. If you don’t have the words to describe yourself, then you don’t exist beyond certain descriptions.
Lenore is obsessed with the idea that she can’t be defined, and doesn’t exist beyond others perceptions of her.
Rick vigorous thus functions as Lenore’s opposite.

Not really vibing with this one nearly as much as IJ, which seems a shame